Friday, January 31, 2020

VA - In the MOOG for Rock CD1+CD2 + VA - In the MOOG for Instrumentals + VA - In the MOOG for Space Disco (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CD's)



IN THE MOOG

VA - In the MOOG for Rock CD1+CD2 + VA - In the MOOG for Instrumentals + VA - In the MOOG for Space Disco  (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CD's)

The Moog synthesizer (pronounced /mo?g/ MOHG; often anglicized to /mu?g/ MOOG, though Robert Moog preferred the former) may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled analog synthesizer systems in the mid 1960s. The technological development that led to the creation of the Moog synthesizer was the invention of the transistor, which enabled researchers like Moog to build electronic music systems that were considerably smaller, cheaper and far more reliable than earlier vacuum tube-based systems.  The Moog synthesizer gained wider attention in the music industry after it was demonstrated at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967. The commercial breakthrough of a Moog recording was made by Wendy Carlos in the 1968 record Switched-On Bach, which became one of the highest-selling classical music recordings of its era. The success of Switched-On Bach sparked a slew of other synthesizer records in the late 1960s to mid-1970s. Later Moog modular systems featured various improvements, such as a scaled-down, simplified, self-contained musical instrument designed for use in live performance. (Wikipedia)

The MOOG is one of those very versatile instruments that has endured for decades, by its unique sound and some unique applications that stretch beyond just prog rock. The Decemberists are probably the most recent Moog users of this ubiquitous synthesizer. The Moog place new ideas in front of you as all other musical instruments have done before. 

The hulking, mindbogglingly complex Moog modular synthesizers that debuted in 1964 reshaped modern music by bringing electronic sounds to the masses. But they were totally inaccessible to the majority of artists – by 1970, only 28 Moog synths were owned by musicians. Most of Moog’s products resided in universities and the studios of large record labels, and were often used for research, corporate jingles or film soundtracks. It was almost unimaginable that synthesizers might soon become a fixture in a huge variety of genres, from pop to jazz to funk to prog rock.  It was mostly used in small quantities in the early days, but those artists who tested the Moog's limits gave us some magnificent art to devour. 

For more than five decades’ the artists presented here embraced the sonic possibilities of the Moog, blending their tones into disco, pop, jazz, and rock in all its versions. Presented are 50 tracks of Moog in Rock, 30 tracks of Moog Instrumentals and 30 tracks Moog in Space Disco over 4 separate track lists. Enjoy!


“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.” John Cage

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Track Lists

VA - In the MOOG for Rock CD1 (A Butterboy Compilation)

01    Kraftwerk - Autobahn    22:46
02    Monkees - Daily Nightly    2:33
03    Air - La Femme D'argent    7:08
04    Rick Wakeman - Catherine of Aragon    4:03
05    Cat Stevens - Angelsea    4:33
06    Bee Gees - Sweet Song of Summer    5:05
07    Genesis - Riding the Scree    4:29
08    Hollies - Another Night    3:46
09    Gary Wright - Water Sign    4:32
10    Syrinx - Appalosa - Pegasus    11:34
11    Bongolian - Kids Love Moogs    3:13
12    Beck - Mixed Bizness    4:10
13    Byrds - Natural Harmony    2:11
14    Chicory Tip - Son of My Father    3:13
15    Keith Emerson - Living in the Past    3:21
16    Jan Hammer - Crockett's (Theme From Miami Vice)    3:32
17    Spirit - Space Child    3:25
18    Yes - Roundabout    8:30
19    Goblin - Suspiria    5:57
20    Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Waiter There's a Yawn in My Ear    5:38
21    Electrik Cokernut - Jeepster    4:04
22    Ananda Shankar - Light My Fire    3:32
23    Triumvirat - The School of Instant Pain    6:22
24    Wilco - A Shot in the Arm    4:19
25    Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man    4:38

VA - In the MOOG for Rock CD2 (A Butterboy Compilation)


26    Billy Paul - War of the Gods    10:03
27    Bongolian - Moog Maximus    3:26
28    Beck - Novacane    4:38
29    Byrds - Space Odyssey    3:46
30    Mutemath -     All Or Nothing    4:50
31    Giorgio Moroder - Chase    4:22
32    Roxy Music - Editions of You    3:51
33    Coldcut - Atomic Moog    7:05
34    Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus     20:40
35    Dick Hyman - The Moog and Me    2:57
36    Camel - Lunar Sea    9:11
37    Mandre - L'oasis    4:00
38    Supergrass - Sun Hits the Sky    4:53
39    Electric Flag - Peter's Trip    2:36
40    Neil Young - Computer Age    5:24
41    Jean Jacques Perrey - E.V.R.    3:07
42    Donna Summer - I Feel Love    5:48
43    Kraftwerk - It's More Fun to Compute    4:13
44    Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Mr. President    3:04
45    Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer    3:28
46    Antares - My Girl Friend    6:13
47    Hal Blaine - Love-In (December)    2:37
48    Fred Wesley & the Jb's - Blow Your Head    5:05
49    Stranglers - Nice N' Sleazy    3:12
50    Gary Numan - Are Fiends Electric (Live)    6:32

VA - In the MOOG for Instrumentals (A Butterboy Compilation)

01    Emil Richards    Garnet January    2:28
02    Mort Garson & the Zodiac    Taurus, the Voluptuary    3:41
03    Beaver & Krause    As I Hear It    1:40
04    Herman Langschwert & Wolfgang Killian    Crime & Glamour    2:54
05    Rick Powell    Careless Love    3:36
06    Douglas Leedy    Entropical Paradise    20:19
07    Popol Vuh    In Den Garten Pharaos    17:33
08    Perrey & Kingsley    The Savers    1:45
09    Wendy Carlos    A Clockwork Orange    2:20
10    Hot Butter    Popcorn    2:33
11    Sammy Burdson    Moog & Brass    3:06
12    Isao Tomita    Mercury, the Winged Messenger    5:24
13    Bernard Fevre    Odyssee    2:41
14    Caldera    Sky Islands    6:07
15    Herman's Rocket    Spirit in the Wind    4:21
16    Jean-Pierre Decerf    Cosmic Pilot    3:31
17    Rockets    Cosmic Race    4:14
18    Kitaro    Dawn of the Astral    3:07
19    Alan Parsons Project    Voyager (Instrumental)    2:14
20    Petr & Pavel Orm    Bumerang    3:13
21    Michael Bundt    Flying in a Thunderstorm    5:50
22    Francis Rimbert    Games    3:50
23    Bruce Haack    Stand Up Lazarus    4:16
24    Intergalactic Orchestra    Star Flying    5:08
25    Thierry Fervant    Univers    3:26
26    Jean-Pierre Decerf    Zoomed    3:11
27    Sauveur Mallia    Spatial Hexagone    4:14
28    Johan Timman    Trip Into the Body    6:27
29    Beaver & Krause    Salute to the Vanishing Bald Eagle    2:48
30    Klaus Schulze    Welcome to the Moog Brothers    6:29

VA - In the MOOG for Space Disco (A Butterboy Compilation)


01    Universal Robot Band - Disco Trek Star Trek Theme    3:00
02    Asha Puthli - Space Talk    5:28
03    Cerrone - In the Smoke    5:34
04    Bernard Fevre - Space Team    1:40
05    Space - Magic Fly    4:16
06    Herman's Rocket - Spirit Inthe Wind    4:21
07    Andromeda - Star Ship    3:40
08    Galaxis - Space Rangers    4:32
09    Milkways - Galactic Reaction    3:51
10    Passage Players - The Galaxy Around Us    2:46
11    Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man    9:03
12    Oliver's Planet - Cosmic Rain    2:41
13    Methusalem - The Black Hole    4:16
14    Rockets - Cosmic Race    4:17
15    Giorgio Moroder - Evolution    15:19
16    Luna - Iron Far    3:43
17    Sheila & B. Devotion - Spacer    5:58
18    Dee D Jackson - Automatic Lover    4:06
19    Classix Nouveaux - Foreward    3:23
20    Zazu (Germany) - Space Survivor    4:23
21    Intergalactic Orchestra - Star Flying    5:08
22    Venus Gang - Take Me Back to My Planet    3:33
23    Cosmic Gal - Space Fever    3:29
24    Pluton & Humanoids - World Invaders    4:46
25    Black Devil - Follow Me (Instrumental)    5:10
26    Cosmic Gal - Moon Dream    4:27
27    Laser - Galaxy    3:53
28    Mandre - L'oasis    4:00
29    Playback (Player 1) - Space Suite (A Menacing Glow in the Sky)    2:07
30    Herbie Hancock - Rockit    5:26

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Thursday, January 30, 2020

GRAND 12" Volumes 01 - 16 (66 CD's)




GRAND 12" Volumes 01 - 16 (66 CD's)

All of these Volumes are 4 CD sets with the exception of Volume 10 which has 6 CD's and each with an average of 10 tracks per CD, but that's understandable when extended and full-album versions are being used in favor of the single/radio edits that are so often used on compilations. There are too many highlights to mention.

Excellent; sound quality is superb. I have many of the individual originals on vinyl (and even have a mixer collecting dust somewhere) For continuous non-stop/one stop CD play, this is it. Can imagine how difficult it was to collect all these tracks, it would be a long, arduous and expensive process to buy them separately. While there are some odd choices here and there, 90% or more should really please fans. Order some dancing shoes to go with it. (Amazon)


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